Drinks as They Are Mixed by Paul E. Lowe (1904, p.51) — Lowe 1904
| 0.5 tsp | Acid phosphate — acid phosphate | base |
| 1 tsp | Angostura bitters | bitter |
| Soda water — seltzer | dilution | |
| 3 dash | lemon syrup — lemon syrup | sweetener |
- Add the acid phosphate, Angostura bitters, and lemon syrup to the glass.
- Fill with seltzer and serve.
- Nose
- Bright citrus and spice rise immediately.
- Palate
- This is valuable because it shows how phosphate logic and bitters carried cocktail structure into serious non-alcoholic refreshment.
- Finish
- The finish is sharp, cooling, and bitters-led.
- Summary
- A temperance phosphate built from cocktail-era bitter-and-acid logic.